What is the Kibana MCP server?
Kibana MCP Server with dynamic API discovery and comprehensive Elastic Stack integration
How to install Kibana
Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.
transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.Environment / auth
KIBANA_URLrequiredYour Kibana instance URL (e.g., http://localhost:5601)
KIBANA_API_KEYsecretKibana API key for authentication
KIBANA_USERNAMEKibana username for basic authentication
KIBANA_PASSWORDsecretKibana password for basic authentication
MCP_TRANSPORTrequiredTransport mode selection
MCP_HTTP_PORTHTTP server port
Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kibana": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tocharianou/mcp-server-kibana"
],
"env": {
"KIBANA_URL": "<YOUR_KIBANA_URL>",
"KIBANA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_KIBANA_API_KEY>",
"KIBANA_USERNAME": "<YOUR_KIBANA_USERNAME>",
"KIBANA_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_KIBANA_PASSWORD>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
"MCP_HTTP_PORT": "<YOUR_MCP_HTTP_PORT>"
}
}
}
}Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kibana": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tocharianou/mcp-server-kibana"
],
"env": {
"KIBANA_URL": "<YOUR_KIBANA_URL>",
"KIBANA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_KIBANA_API_KEY>",
"KIBANA_USERNAME": "<YOUR_KIBANA_USERNAME>",
"KIBANA_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_KIBANA_PASSWORD>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
"MCP_HTTP_PORT": "<YOUR_MCP_HTTP_PORT>"
}
}
}
}Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kibana": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tocharianou/mcp-server-kibana"
],
"env": {
"KIBANA_URL": "<YOUR_KIBANA_URL>",
"KIBANA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_KIBANA_API_KEY>",
"KIBANA_USERNAME": "<YOUR_KIBANA_USERNAME>",
"KIBANA_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_KIBANA_PASSWORD>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
"MCP_HTTP_PORT": "<YOUR_MCP_HTTP_PORT>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"kibana": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tocharianou/mcp-server-kibana"
],
"env": {
"KIBANA_URL": "<YOUR_KIBANA_URL>",
"KIBANA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_KIBANA_API_KEY>",
"KIBANA_USERNAME": "<YOUR_KIBANA_USERNAME>",
"KIBANA_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_KIBANA_PASSWORD>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
"MCP_HTTP_PORT": "<YOUR_MCP_HTTP_PORT>"
}
}
}
}Claude Code
claude mcp add kibana --env KIBANA_URL=<YOUR_KIBANA_URL> --env KIBANA_API_KEY=<YOUR_KIBANA_API_KEY> --env KIBANA_USERNAME=<YOUR_KIBANA_USERNAME> --env KIBANA_PASSWORD=<YOUR_KIBANA_PASSWORD> --env MCP_TRANSPORT=<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT> --env MCP_HTTP_PORT=<YOUR_MCP_HTTP_PORT> -- npx -y @tocharianou/mcp-server-kibanaRelated MCP servers
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